Chapter 167 – Silver Rank
The morning after returning from the abandoned castle.
I woke Seris and Kara and dragged them out to the backyard of the inn.
“Brother, why in the morning?”
Kara, half awake, asked as she yawned.
“Your karma has accumulated quite a bit. That’s why I wanted to learn new skills one by one this time.”
“Oh, really?”
Kara’s dull eyes returned to life. She seems excited about learning a new skill after a long time.
Kara nodded her head.
‘It’s been a while since I learned a new skill.’
In the case of Kara, she hasn’t learned a new skill for months since she finished Mihe Shinbo, a foot technique.
It was because it was difficult to collect her karma because Simbeop’s installment payments were withdrawn every month.
Still, as I continued to collect, I gathered around 800 Karma for Kara and 400 Karma for Seris.
I want to collect more and buy better skills, but since there is such a thing as proficiency, it would be better to buy it quickly and get used to it.
“What are you going to buy? What skills?”
Kara tugged at my collar in her excitement.
“First of all, Kara, you will cut a strong cut.”
Yesterday evening, as I returned home, I thought about what Kara needed.
Once she learns, her sword method is a sword that escapes from Geon-Gon Yeon-Hwan, which uses Hoe as a trick.
After learning this swordsmanship, her sword became soft like flowing water. Compared to the old days when it was just rough, it’s a great development. However, there were still shortcomings.
‘Kara doesn’t have a big shot.’
In our party, even the clumsy ones had their own roles.
Let’s take a game as an example to make it easier to explain.
Seris is the tank.
Kara is a physical dealer.
I’m a sub dealer.
Ariel is a magic dealer.
It feels like this.
If Seris holds on to an enemy, Kara or Ariel will do damage, and if she’s short of that, I’ll finish it off.
Because of this, Kara needed to have strong offensive power. We won’t always be dealing only with humanoid enemies.
That’s why I chose to cut a giant tree (居木解).
It is an honest technique to split a large tree with one cut.
It may seem simple just by hearing the explanation, but it is said that it is not an easy skill to properly distribute power and mana.
“Are you ready?”
Kara nodded her head, closing her eyes tightly. I clicked on the purchase of cutting giant trees. Kara’s closed eyelids begin to tremble. She clenched her teeth and the muscles in her jaw popped out slightly.
After about 10 seconds, the expression relaxed.
“How is it? Did you get it right in her head?”
“Huh. I think I know how.”
Kara immediately took a stance. She put her feet shoulder-width apart and straightened her back. Using the strength of her back, she swung her wooden sword horizontally. She was a strong slasher, but it was unlikely that she could cut down a giant tree.
“Mmm…”
Kara made an ambiguous expression. She is frustrated because her body can’t keep up with the image in her head. She returned to her stance and began swinging her wooden sword.
Leaving Kara like that, I turned my attention to Celis.
Now it’s time to buy her skills.
“Huh? Seris why? Didn’t you sleep well?”
Cerys looked lethargic with the corners of her eyes drooping. As I questioned her worried mind, Ceris narrowed her eyes and glared at me. She sighed and shook her head.
“It’s nothing… So what do I learn?”
“What you learn is footwork. Kara learned a long time ago, but you are still here.”
I went into the shop window and clicked on the step I had noticed before.
Dark Sky Treasure 400 Karma
It is a foot method that has the meaning of dyeing the sky black, and it is a martial art of Sapa, or the black way.
I chose it because I thought it would go well with Seris because it uses strong Yin.
If there’s one thing that’s a bit difficult, it’s that it’s not the martial arts of the Heavenly Demon Goddess…
The Maehwa sword method was also improved to suit the Heavenly Demon Sacred Art, so this shouldn’t be a big problem.
As I was about to click the buy button, Ceris reached out her hand. Are you asking me to hold her hand? As I was trying to hold her hand, I remembered the time when I was buying the Heavenly Demon New Gong.
At that time, both of my hands that held Seris’s hands were smashed.
I lowered my hand that was about to reach out and just clicked buy.
“Wow..!”
Cerys closed her eyes and endured her pain.
After it was over, she looked at me with resentful eyes.
I smiled and kissed her on the forehead.
“Sorry. I didn’t know you could stand it this well.”
“…I’ll catch you next time.”
“Huh. Sorry. How about the new steps you learned?”
“Wait. I’ll try it just once.”
Cerys tapped her on the floor with the sole of her foot. She tried walking or jogging lightly.
“Looks like it’s easier than I thought…”
Stretching her foot in front of her, it slipped. She slammed her face on her floor.
“Are you okay? Didn’t the mask break?”
I helped Seris up and raised her up. Fortunately, she was not seriously injured, causing her to bleed. She didn’t even break her mask.
“Ugh… It hurts… I thought it was easy, but it’s not. I need to practice some.”
“Okay? Okay. Just practice.”
Seris, like Kara, took her place and started practicing her footwork.
I sat in the shade of a tree and watched them train for a while. I woke up with a sudden thought.
‘I think Ariel had quite a bit of karma too.’
I looked at Ariel’s status window.
‘Are there quite a few?’
Perhaps thanks to her performance in her previous territory battle, she had quite a lot of karma.
That’s enough to buy a decent weapon.
I went up to the inn room, leaving Sister Seris in training behind.
“Mmm…”
Ariel was sleeping comfortably with her blanket pulled up to the nape of her neck. Are elves elves? Her sleeping face is quite cute. How nice it would be if it was like that every day.
I put my hand on Ariel’s shoulder. Shake gently to wake up.
“Mmm!”
Ariel slapped her on my arm and laid her on her back. Hmmmm… She sleeps comfortably while talking in her drool.
This year?
I cut off her arm. It’s no big deal, but when Ariel does it, I feel bad for some reason. I went into the shop window and bought Naryotagon.
Ariel’s face, which had been drooping, began to distort gradually.
Not long after, her eyes flashed open.
“Quaaaaa!!!”
He grabbed her head and rolled on her bed.
As soon as she wakes up, she rides away and goes to her practice.
“Perhaps you will succeed with Naryotagon.”
“Quaaaaa! Her hair! My head aww!!”
Ariel rolled on her bed until her pain was over. Her face was covered with her tears and runny nose.
* * *
Time passed after that.
After learning the new skill, Seris, Kara, and Ariel trained in the inn’s backyard. Some people looked at us curiously, but we didn’t care.
“Why did I do this…”
Ariel wept, her face a mess of sweat and dirt.
I pinched Ariel’s cheek.
“Why? I’m trying to use it when I run away. Didn’t you want to live long?”
“Oh, it hurts! Okay, don’t pinch me!”
She let go of the ball. Ariel rubbed her red cheeks and glared at me. I slapped the cheeky elf on the forehead and turned my back.
Then, this time, Kara clung to me.
“Brother. Can’t we go get a request soon?”
“Huh? Why is your body itching?”
“Something like that… It seems like it’s been quite a while since me and my sister went out on a request…”
Come to think of it, the two of them hadn’t received any other requests since the last battle of the territory.
“That too. But let’s practice a little more and go. It’s better to get used to the new technology than to go out less familiar with it.”
“But…”
“Let’s be patient for a bit. Huh?”
“…Okay.”
Kara bowed her head and returned to her seat. She repositioned herself with a wistful face.
Would you be so sorry
‘Well, it’s about time to make a request.’
If you keep training, you will lose your sense of real combat.
I headed to the guild to find a quest to do later. I looked around the request board and found a request that looked good.
‘Subjugating goblins and kobolds is, of course, out of the question. Kicking out the thugs who took over the mine? It gives you quite a bit of money. But I don’t need it because I have enough money.’
What matters right now is a good experience.
I continued to search the bulletin board to find a request that would increase my sense of practice.
Someone approached me.
“Han Yuseong? Are you busy?”
The person who approached was Orr, the receptionist.
“Not busy.”
“Is it so? Then could you follow me for a second? I have a story to tell.”
“A story? Um… I see.”
I obediently followed her down the halls of her guild. The place she followed her to was the reception room located inside her guild. She sat down in a chair and took a sip of the tea Orga had made for her.
“So? What did you call for?”
“It’s related to Yuseong Han’s adventurer level.”
She put down the coffee she was drinking and put on a serious expression.
Adventurer level?
‘Ah, that’s it.’
I nodded as if I understood, and Orga continued.
“Do you have any guesses?”
“Yeah, well, that’s right.”
A silver grade recommendation letter written by Lady Karen. Might be something related to that.
“If that’s the case, Yuseong Han’s guess is probably correct.”
Orga said, adding some sugar to her coffee. For some reason, the image of him drinking coffee with a face with dark circles looks a little bleak.
“The guild is currently reviewing the promotion of Han Yuseong to Silver. However, there is a small problem with Mr. Han Yuseong’s promotion…”
“What do you mean by problem?”
“Because of that… Career.”
Orga explained in a voice that was difficult to speak.
Here is her story.
The silver rank is equivalent to representing the branch of the adventurer’s guild. Therefore, it is not enough to have only skills, but to have appropriate experience and reliability.
“Han Yoo-seong’s career is flawless because I’ve been paying attention to him from the beginning. But… It’s still a little short of being silver.”
I guess so.
I am a rookie who has just completed half a year.
If I had to say that my career had accumulated, how much would I have accumulated? Even the ‘little’ that Orr said was considerate of me.
“Also, the superiors… They seem to be a bit suspicious of Mr. Han Yuseong’s skills… Ah, of course, I’m not like that!”
She said that there would be no one who has looked at me as close as she did, and she said as an excuse that she did not doubt my skills as much as she did. I thought it would continue to be like that if I let it go, so I sighed and hung up.
“So, what should I do?”
If you bring me here and talk like this, there must be something I need to do. If I was right, she said carefully.
“That… The upper level judged that the basics were solid, since the young lady would still send a letter of recommendation. That’s why Han Yoo-seong is testing whether she can really withstand the weight of the grade…”
“You mean the test? What kind of test is it Can we do sparring like last time?”
“Oh, no. It’s not sparring like last time. Skill is important to reach the silver rank, but it is not a position where you can sit only with skill.”
“Then?”
“Here…”
Orga handed over the rolled parchment.
“What is this?”
“This is a list of requests from the guild to Yuseong Han. If you complete all the quests written on the parchment, the guild will also approve Yuseong Han’s silver rank upgrade.”
“Is that so…”
I opened the parchment and read what was written inside.
There are roughly four requests written on the parchment.
There were some that looked easy and some that seemed a bit tricky.
It’s not impossible though
“All right. You just have to complete the quest as usual, right?”
“Uh… It’s true that you just have to solve the request… But it will be a little different than usual.”
“Yes?”
“Because you’re going to be with other silver-ranked people.”
